Hansik Space E:eum was opened on Aug. 30 to provide information on Korean food and traditional liquor. The photo above is of Hansik Gallery on the venue's first floor.

By Park Hye Ri
Photos = Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

Hansik (Korean food) Space E:eum has been opened to spread information on Korean food and traditional liquor.

The opening ceremony for the venue was held on Aug. 30 in the Bukchon neighborhood of Seoul's Jongno-gu District by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Korean Food Promotion Institute and Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp. 

Hansik Space is a combination of the former Hansik Gallery, Korea Food Grand Master Center and Sool (alcoholic beverage) Gallery and hosts exhibitions, promotions and educational content on Korean food and traditional liquor in one setting.

The facility has one basement floor and two above-ground floors.

The basement floor houses Hansik Library, which stores about 2,400 books on food, and E:eum Hall, where book concerts and research and academic programs are held. 

This is the Sool (alcoholic beverage) Gallery on the first floor of Hansik Space at Bukchon neighborhood in Seoul's Jongno-gu District.

The Korean food exhibition and promotional space on the first floor comprises Hansik Gallery, whose permanent and special exhibitions show the excellence of Korean food; Korea Food Grand Master Center, which sells about 210 products made by Korean culinary masters; and the Sool Gallery, which showcases about 300 types of traditional Korean liquor and allows sampling and purchases of about 80 of them.

The second floor has an interactive center for food masters to provide customized programs for experiencing Korean food. Hansik Learning Center and E:eum Studio offer both in-person and online cooking classes, and visitors can also create related videos.

The ministry said the space will offer much content on Korean cuisine and interactive programs through cooperation with relevant institutions, organizations and private companies and host lectures to share interesting information on Korean food.

Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Chung Hwang-keun said, "As Korean food is gaining much interest from people around the world as a representative content of Hallyu (Korean Wave), we will stimulate the operation of Hansik Space to create a new boom in the spread of Hansik."

Hansik Space is open daily from Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Hansik Learning Center is on the second floor of Hansik Space.